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Ads : Nano Technology Netbook Technology News Computer Software Researchers at LSU have invented an optical sensor that surpasses a quantum limit to sensitivity previously believed to be unbeatable. The breakthrough has a broad array of applications, from gravity wave observatories seeking to observe distant and bizarre astrophysical phenomena, to optical gyroscopes used in commercial navigation. …
Science Fiction author and blogger Charlie Stross has an article about the myth of the starship Yes, I think human interstellar exploration (and yes, maybe even colonization) might be possible, after a fashion. But to get there, we’re going to have to master at least two entire technological fields that don’t yet exist, even before …
The New York Times reports that new CDC H1N1 death statistics that will be released Nov 12-19, 2009 will be about 4000 deaths This is up from prior estimates of 1200 H1N1 deaths in the USA. The actual release date of the updated estimates depends upon the completion of further review. The larger number of …
Time Magazine has an update: There are 100 million electric bikes in China Last year (2008) Chinese bought about 90% of the 23 million e-bikes sold worldwide. Experts say that next regions to likely embrace e-bikes are Southeast Asia, where gas-powered scooters are popular, and India, where rising incomes mean personal transportation is starting to …
Jamais Cascio does not like the Singularity University and suggests a Futurist liberal arts program. No corporate executive will pay $25,000 for future social studies/liberal arts crash course with a future twist. The target is Singularity executive MBA and advanced tech business brainstorming. People who have money or super techie geeks who have money or …
September 25th, China successfully launched Shenzhou 7 for their first space walk and the first module of a space station. The Shenzhou 7 spacecraft blasted off atop a Long March 2F rocket shortly after 9pm (2300 AEST) under clear night skies in northwestern China. The spacewalk by one of the astronauts is expected to take …
Scientists have identified biomarkers that indicate telomere shortening. CRAMP, stathmin, EF-1α, and chitinase are proteins that they found to be secreted from telomere-dysfunctional bone-marrow cells of late generation telomerase knockout mice. Their study, which was published this week in PNAS, showed an increase in expression of these markers in the blood of aging and geriatric …